Niall Horan's father Bobby 'turns down offer from his One Direction singer son to buy him a country house'

The father of One Direction singer Niall Horan is believed to have refused his son's offer to buy him a country house.

Four years after seeing his son shoot to fame in The X Factor, Bobby says he is content where he is and doesn't want to live 'the high life'.

According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, the 20-year-old star reportedly made the generous offer to splash out on a new property for his dad - who split from Niall's mother Maura in 1999 - but his offer was politely turned down.

Generous: One Direction's Niall Horan (centre) reportedly offered to buy his father Bobby (right), who split from Niall's mother Maura (left) in 1999, a luxury country house, but it was politely turned down

A source told the publication: 'Niall had offered to buy him a gorgeous house in the countryside but he just didn’t want it. The high life just isn’t for him.'

It would appear Niall has some cash to splash if a recent Sunday Times Rich List of musicians under 30 is anything to go by as it was claimed the One Direction singers are worth around £15million each.

While Niall's offer was turned down by his father, who works behind a butcher's counter for Tesco, his bandmate Zayn Malik's mother Trisha certainly didn't have any qualms about accepting such a generous offer from her son when he purchased a property for her in his hometown of Bradford.

Cash to splash: A recent Sunday Times Rich List of musicians under 30 claimed the One Direction singers are worth around £15million each

In One Direction's movie, This Is Us, Trisha is seen breaking down in tears as her millionaire son presented her with the keys to her plush new pad.

What's more, just last month it was reported that Zayn had splashed out more than £200,000 on a new abode for his Little Mix singer fiancée Perrie Edwards' mother Debbie.

Debbie was apparently keen to relocate from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, to Dorset, and Perrie, 20, was going to help her out with footing the bill for a mortgage - before generous Zayn, 21, stepped in.

Happy couple: It was recently reported that Zayn had splashed out more than £200,000 on a new abode for his Little Mix singer fiancée Perrie Edwards' mother Debbie

A source told The Sun newspaper last month: 'Debbie has been saying how she's got a new house. Perrie was going to get the mortgage for her and then Zayn offered to buy it outright.

'She is just moving stuff in now. It costs more than £200,000 and is a new build.'

But Niall has no such need for a new abode after he forked out £2.2million on JLS singer Marvin Humes' old London pad in November 2012.

A spokesman for Niall Horan declined to comment when approached by MailOnline.

Mother and daughter: Debbie (right) was apparently keen to relocate from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, to Dorset, and Perrie, 20, was going to help her out with footing the bill for a mortgage - before generous Zayn, 21, stepped in

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Niall Horan's father Bobby 'turns down offer from son to buy him a country house'